I Will Sing You Songs

[aMillionDreams]

Here's some good modern-day folk from Todd Snider

The Ballad of the Kingsmen

The Kingsmen came together in a garage,
They could hardly even play
But they practiced night
And day pretty soon they got to where they could really play that song Louie,
Louie
So, they saved up all the money from the shows,
Went in to one of them studios and gave their version of the song a try

Now, I don't know the words to that song Louie,
Louie and I'm pretty sure the singer for the
Kingsmen didn't know 'em either,
If he did know 'em he didn't get 'em right on the record
Cause on the record they sound jumbled in his jaw? It says,
Me think of me girl oh so constantly
Ahmayaaah makaaaah aahh ooohoooh aaaaah
Well, that last part scared everybody from the PTA to the FBI
You see, the kids had been going kind of crazy lately
And it seemed like nobody could figure out why,
So they decided to form a coalition,
Launch an investigation, you know for the children, they at least had to try
To figure out the words to Louie, Louie


Chorus
It's the feel good hit of this endless summer
It gets these kids out of control
Singin along to that star spangled bummer,
Hail, hail rock and roll

Marilyn Manson's real name isn't even Marilyn Manson,
He's a skinny public high school Kid from Florida,
Not some monster from out of this world and like of a lot other skinny long hair public
High school kids he was sick of getting
Beaten up by the pulling guard all week only to go out on the weekend,
And watch the Quarterback get all the girls so,
He formed a band man
Now' he gets all the girls,
A few years later a couple of latchkey kids go tragically
Mad and everybody's standing around the television store at the mall trying to figure out what went wrong,
This guy says,
You think the life of a kid going to high school could've gotten so bad this other guy says nah,
It's just the words to one of them goddamn Marilyn Manson songs,
You know the one

Chorus

You know, every ten years or so our country and some other little country,
We start firing all of our newest weapons
At each other for some reason or another, right or wrong,
Like it or not, it happens, and when it happens
People get shot and when people get shot,
They show it on tv a lot every night at six o clock
And you don't even have to be eighteen to see it you don't even have to be in first grade,
First grade where they teach the kid pride
They tell him he'll need to thrive,
In a world where only the strong will survive,
So he's taught the art of more
To compare to and to keep score Monday thru Friday while
He stares at the floor til' Sunday they make him go to
School once more only this time they make him wear a suit and a tie
And listen to some guy who claims to know Where people go
When they die tell him that only the meek are gonna inherit the earth Well shit,
By this time the kid doesn't know what anything
Is worth, now brothers and sisters I am only one guy
And I don't even know the words to that song Louie,
Louie but I can tell you right now without batting an eye
That the next time some latchkey kid goes wrong
It aint gonna be cause that Eminem gets to say the word Fag in his song
And I'm not trying to preach to ya either,
I'm just trying to sing to ya too, you know string a few words together

Hey kids...
Lets get it on,
Lets get it on

[sweatboard]

Pavement - STEREO

Pigs, they tend to wiggle when they walk
The infrastructure rots
And the owners hate the jocks
With their agents and their dates

If the signatures are checked
You'll just have to wait

And we're counting up the instants that we save
Tired nation so depraved
From the cheap seats see us
Wave to the camera
It took a giant ramrod
To raze the demon settlement

But high-ho silver, ride
High-ho silver, ride

Take another ride to see me home
Listen to me! I'm on the stereo stereo
Oh my baby baby baby baby babe
Gave me malaria hysteria

What about the voice of geddy lee
How did it get so high?
I wonder if he speaks like an ordinary guy?
(I know him and he does!)

And you're my fact-checkin' cuz
(aww...)
Well focus on the quasar in the mist
The kaiser has a cyst
And I'm a blank want list
The qualms you have and if they stick
They will drown you in a crick
In the neck of a woods
That was populated by
Tired nation on the fly
Everybody knows advice
That was give out for free
Lots of details to discern
Lots of details

But high-ho silver ride
High-ho silver ride
Takes another ride to make me
Oh, get off the air
I'm on the stereo stereo
Oh my baby baby baby baby baby babe
Gave me malaria hysteria

[MMJ_fanatic]

We can share the women, we can share the wine.
We can share what we got of yours 'cause we done shared all of mine.
Keep on rollin', just a mile to go;
Keep on rollin' my old buddy, you're movin' much too slow.

I just jumped the watchman, right outside the fence.
Took his rings, four bucks in change, ain't that Heaven sent?
Hurts my ears to listen, Shannon, burns my eyes to see;
Cut down a man in cold blood, Shannon, might as well been me.

We used to play for silver, now we play for life;
And one's for sport and one's for blood at the point of a knife.
And now the die is shaken, now the die must fall.
There ain't a winner in the game, he don't go home with all.
Not with all.

Leavin' Texas, fourth day of July,
Sun so hot, the clouds so low, the eagles filled the sky.
Catch the Detroit Lightnin' out of Sante Fe,
The Great Northern out of Cheyenne, from sea to shining sea.

Gotta go to Tulsa, first train we can ride.
Gotta settle one old score, one small point of pride.
There ain't a place a man can hide, Shannon will keep him from the sun
Ain't a bed can give us rest now, you keep us on the run.

Jack Straw from Wichita cut his buddy down,
And dug for him a shallow grave and laid his body down.
Half a mile from Tucson, by the morning light,
One man gone and another to go, my old buddy you're moving much too slow.

We can share the women, we can share the wine.

[MMJ_fanatic]

Red and white, blue suede shoes, I'm Uncle Sam, how do you do?
Gimme five, I'm still alive, ain't no luck, I learned to duck.
Check my pulse, it don't change. Stay seventy-two come shine or rain.
Wave the flag, pop the bag, rock the boat, skin the goat.
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.

I'm Uncle Sam, that's who I am; Been hidin' out in a rock and roll band.
Shake the hand that shook the hand of P.T. Barnum and Charlie Chan.
Shine your shoes, light your fuse. Can you use them ol' U.S. Blues?
I'll drink your health, share your wealth, run your life, steal your wife.
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.

Back to back chicken shack. Son of a gun, better change your act.
We're all confused, what's to lose?
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.

[Chills]

Some good old-fashioned dumb rock!

Neil Young - Opera Star

     So your girlfriend slammed the door shut
     In your face tonight, but that's all right
     Then she took off to the opera
     With some highbrow from the city lights
     Well, you grew up on a corner
     You never missed a moonlit night.
      
     Some things never change, they stay the way they are.
     You were born to rock, you'll never be an opera star
     Some things never change, they stay the way they are.
      
     So you stay out all night
     Gettin' fucked up in that rock and roll bar
     And you never get tired
     'Cause your drugs are in a little jar.
      
     You were born to rock, you'll never be an opera star.
     Some things never change, they stay the way they are.
      
     I was born to rock!

Oh yeah. This is followed by a solo and then he just repeats the whole thing.
Perfect in it's simplicity.
      

[Mr. T.]

Oh yeah. This is followed by a solo and then he just repeats the whole thing.

LOL

That's how I like my R 'n' R ;D

[Chills]

LOL

That's how I like my R 'n' R ;D

I don't like opera and I don't like ballet
And new-wave French movies, they just drive me away
I guess I'm just dumb, 'cause I knows I ain't smart
But deep down inside, I got a rock'n'roll heart
Yeah, yeah, yeah, deep down inside I got a rock'n'roll heart

Amen!

[Chills]

Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you've been faithful
Ah give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you've been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows

 8)

[Chills]

I was thinking of things that I hate to do, -sex with your parents
Things you do to me or I do to you, baby, -sex with your parents
Something fatter or uglier than Rush Rambo
Something more disgusting than Robert Dole
Something pink that climbs out of a hole
And there it was - sex with your parents

I was getting so sick of this right wing republican shit
These ugly old man scared of young tit and dick
So I try to think of something that made me sick
And there it was - sex with your parents

Now these old fucks can steal all they want
And they can go and pass laws saying you can't say what you want
And you can't look at this and you can't look at that
And you can't smoke this and you can't snort that
And me baby - I got statistics - I got stats
These people have been to bed with their parents

Now I know you're shocked but hang and have a brew
If you think about it for a minute you know that it's true
They're ashamed and repelled and they don't know what to do
They've had sex with their parents
When they looked into their lovers eyes they saw - mom
In the name of the family values we must ask whose family
In the name of the family values we must ask
Senator
It's has been reported that you have had
Illegal congress with your mother, - sex with your parents
Senator

An illegal congress by proxy is a
Pigeon by any other name, - sex with your parents
Senators you polish a turd
Here in the big city we got a word
For those who would bed their beloved big bird
And make a mockery of our freedoms
Without even using a condom
Without even saying " no "
By god we have a name for people like that
It's - hey motherfucker

[Mr. T.]

This is from the late great J.R. Cash

From the backdoor of your life you swept me out dear
In the bread line of your dreams I lost my place
At the table of your love I got the brush off
At the Indianapolis of your heart I lost the race

I've been washed down the sink of your conscience
In the theater of your love I lost my part
And now you say you've got me out of your conscience
I've been flushed from the bathroom of your heart

In the garbage disposal of you dreams I've been ground up dear
On the river of your plans I'm up the creek
Up the elevator of your future I've been shafted
On the calendar of your events I'm last week

I've been washed down the sink of your conscience
In the theater of your love I lost my part
And now you say you've got me out of your conscience
I've been flushed from the bathroom of your heart

[Chills]

The brilliant Loudon Wainwright

April Fool's Day Morn

At twelve midnight I called my mom,
on April Fools Day morn,
We two are close sometimes I think,
because I was breech-born

The doctor reached inside of her,
he turned me round and pulled me out.
I emerged her bloody babe,
a slap produced my shout.

At twelve midnight I telephoned,
on April Fools Day morn
I told Mom I'd be home late,
then I hung up the horn.
I went back to the party then,
and I got drunk with all the boys,
Our florid faces shown so bright;
we made a lot of noise.

By two am we all were drunk,
on April Fools Day morn,
We had insulted many folk,
and garnered plenty scorn.
We boys and some girls and some hangers on, formed a jolly caravan.
We headed for my canyon home,
to make our Fools Day stand.

Tempers flared and tears were shed,
on April Fools Day morn.
Tequila ripped another tear;
my party sure got torn.
I tried to take a woman down,
right there on the bathroom floor.
She refused, I threw her out,
screaming "bitch" and "whore".

I threatened one poor hanger-on;
with a knife he was warned.
By five am just three were left,
on April Fools Day morn.
An English fool an Irish fool
and me their foolish Yankee host.
We kissed and cried and swore our love,
and drank one final toast.

By six am those two passed out,
on April Fools Day morn.
I drove to Santa Monica,
a firl there got me warm.
By ten am I was back home;
I rousted out my half-dead friends.
We said goodbye with downcast eyes;
so sheepish in the end.

My mother came out of her room,
on April Fools Day morn.
She spied her sorry breech-born son,
hung-over and forlorn.
I am too large, too old, too close,
to crawl up on my mother's knee.
So eggs and bacon, coffee, toast,
were place in front of me.

[jrat]

"dont let it bring you down, its only castles burning" neil.

i use this one alot when people around me get stressed

[SiOuxTribe]

John  Frusciante - The Will To Death

And they're thought to be lies
But we saw them
We looked right in their eyes
Right at them
Pinning space to the world
We're slaughtered
Not a sound to be heard
We're awful
And have you seen
How they run
Out of gas
They beat the pain
They sing in the rain
Endless and formless
They fly to the end
And back to the
Beginning again
Have you put them aside
Your crazy thoughts and dreams
No they're a part of me
And they all mean one thing
The Will To Death is what keeps me alive
It's one step away
Limitations are set
Only then can we go all the way
And have you seen how the cars when they pass
They come your way
Then they're speeding away
Coming to you and then going away
But for them nothing changed

[Mr. T.]

another Loudon Wainwright gem. For me he's the only songwriter able to get away with humour in his songs...

"The Acid Song"

I had not taken acid for twelve years,
but one night last summer I did.
I was adrift in a  bar room
acting like a jerk and a kid.
I knew we were asking for trouble.
Trouble was what we would get......        

Five of us dropped in the girls' room....
Psychodilicizing sane quintet
Well, that bathroom got crowded in no time.
I minds were all blown in one flash.
Everyone in there got ugly.
We exited out of there fast.

Back in the bar we were happy - feeling great - no problem.
Back in the bar we were fine.....        
      
Till Johnny turned into a Nazi,
and Mary threw up all her wine.
Well, in no time we all were ejected.
Soon we were out on the street.
The sidewalk began to perspire.
We had glass and dog shit at our feet.                      
We went over to Mary's apartment.
to listen to the Grateful Dead...          
On the way there we lost Johnny,
He had opted for Bellevue instead.

[spoken]

Boy, I'm really glad we did this, it feels great, man. Just like the old days.

I love it. I know my hair's on fire. Like incense, or something. You know,
you

face is melting. It is, it's all the colors of the rainbow. Hey, you wanna
hold some fruit?
C'mon, hold some fruit! It breathes, it really does.
Have a cantaloupe. C'mon. Nah, I dunno where the Donovan tape is.

Well, I had to get out of that city.
Bobby was  bringing me down.
Me and my darling, Suzy.....
said, "So long," drove out of town.
Driving on acid is easy.
Driving on acid's a breeze.          
Just keep the car on the highway.

Don't laugh & don't fart & don't sneeze
Well, we got to my house in the country.    
The country, man...
The trees were all throbbing and green.

Suzy was sure she had cancer.
I was sure I was James Dean.                        
We went down to the lake to go swimming.        
C'mon, let's try that.
On the way for a swim
Suzy said, "Water cures cancer."
I asked her to please call me, "Jim."

This acid is usually dangerous.
The mild-mannered kid quickly turned me.
L.S.D. can surely derrange us
unless you possess thorazine.                        

So next time you wanna go out there
when you feel like thinning your head....      
      
Think twice before dropping  acid,
hold out for mushrooms instead.

[Chills]

While we're at it

I'd Rather Be Lonely

Every night I get the blues,
with greens and yellows and chartreuses.
You're still living here with me.
I'd rather be lonely.

All the time I look around
for excuses to leave town.
Everybody wants somebody, but,
I'd rather be lonely.

Chorus

Loneliness is happiness,
It takes less than two.
I confess, I digress
from it when I'm with you.

Let us make a brand new start,
separate and stay apart.
I've had enough, having and holding.
I'd rather be lonely.

I think that I need some space
Everyday you're in my face.
How can I get rid of you?
I'd rather be lonely.

Chorus

One more verse, a few more words.
Love is for the bees and birds.
Not for a human being like me.
I'd rather be lonely.

[aMillionDreams]

Judy and the Dream of Horses
Belle & Sebastian

Judy wrote the saddest song
She showed it to a boy in school today
Judy, where did you go wrong?
You used to make me smile when I was down
Judy was a teenage rebel
She did it with a boy when she was young
She gave herself to books and learning
She gave herself to being number one
Judy, I don't know you if you're gonna show me everything
Judy, I don't know you if you're gonna show me everything

Judy got a book at school
She went under the cover with her torch
She fell asleep till it was morning
She dreamt about the girl who stole a horse
Judy never felt so good except when she was sleeping
Judy never felt so good except when she was sleeping

Judy, let's go for a walk
We can kiss and whatever you want
But you will be disappointed
You will asleep with ants in your pants
Judy, you're just trying to find and keep the dream of horses
And the song she wrote was judy and the dream of horses
Dream of horses
You dream of horses

The best looking boys are taken
The best looking boys are staying inside
So judy, where does that leave you?
Walking the street from morning to night
With a star upon your shoulder lighting up the path that you walk
With a parrot on your shoulder, saying everything when you talk
If you're ever feeling blue
Then write another song about your dream of horses
Write a song about your dream of horses
Call it judy and the dream of horses
Call it judy and the dream of horses
You dream of horses

[BH]

"Funny thing about the weekends when your unemployed, they don't mean quite so much.  Except you get to hang out with your working friends!"

The great Les Claypool

[Chills]

"Funny thing about the weekends when your unemployed, they don't mean quite so much.  Except you get to hang out with your working friends!"

The great Les Claypool

 :)

[Chills]

James Alley Blues


Times right now ain't nothin' like they used to be
Well times right now ain't nothin' like they used to be
You know I'll tell you all the truth, won't you take my word from me

Well I seen better days, but I ain't puttin' up with these
Well I've seen better days, but I ain't puttin' up with these
I had a lot better time with those women down in New Orleans

Well I was born in the country so she thinks I'm easy to lose
Well I was born in the country so she thinks I'm easy to lose
She wants to hitch me to a wagon and drive me like a mule

I bought her a gold ring and I pay the rent
I bought her a gold ring and I pay the rent
She tried to get me to wash her clothes but I got good common sense

Well if you don't want me then why don't you just tell me so?
Well if you don't want me then why don't you just tell me so?
It ain't like I'm a man that ain't got nowhere else to go
 
I give you sugar for sugar, but all you want is salt for salt
I give you sugar for sugar, but all you want is salt for salt
Well if you can't get along with me, then it's your own fault

Well, you want me to love you, but then you just treat me mean
Yea, you want me to love you, but then you just treat me mean
You're my daily thought and you're my nightly dream

Well, sometimes I think that you're just too sweet to die
Ah, sometimes I think that you're just too sweet to die
And other times I think that you ought to be buried alive
 


words: Rabbit Brown (traditional)

[Chills]

Death Letter Blues (traditional, Son House)

I got a letter this mornin, how do you reckon it read?
It said, "Hurry, hurry, yeah, your love is dead"
I got a letter this mornin, I say how do you reckon it read?
You know, it said, "Hurry, hurry, how come the gal you love is dead?"

So, I grabbed up my suitcase, and took off down the road
When I got there she was layin on a coolin' board
I grabbed up my suitcase, and I said and I took off down the road
I said, but when I got there she was already layin on a coolin' board

Well, I walked up right close, looked down in her face
Said, the good ol' gal got to lay here 'til the Judgment Day
I walked up right close, and I said I looked down in her face
I said the good ol' gal, she got to lay here 'til the Judgment Day

Looked like there was 10,000 people standin' round the buryin' ground
I didn't know I loved her 'til they laid her down
Looked like 10,000 were standin' round the buryin' ground
You know I didn't know I loved her 'til they damn laid her down

Lord, have mercy on my wicked soul
I wouldn't mistreat you baby, for my weight in gold
I said, Lord, have mercy on my wicked soul
You know I wouldn't mistreat nobody, baby, not for my weight in gold

Well, I folded up my arms and I slowly walked away
I said, "Farewell honey, I'll see you on Judgment Day"
Ah, yeah, oh, yes, I slowly walked away
I said, "Farewell, farewell, I'll see you on the Judgment Day"

You know I went in my room, I bowed down to pray
The blues came along and drove my spirit away
I went in my room, I said I bowed down to pray
I said the blues came along and drove my spirit away

You know I didn't feel so bad, 'til the good ol' sun went down
I didn't have a soul to throw my arms around
I didn't feel so bad, 'til the good ol' sun went down
You know, I didn't have nobody to throw my arms around

I loved you baby, like I love myself
You don't have me, you won't have nobody else
I loved you baby, better than I did myself
I said now if you don't have me, I didn't want you to have nobody else

You know, it's hard to love someone that don't love you
Ain't no satisfaction, don't care what in the world you do
Yeah, it's hard to love someone that don't love you
You know it don't look like satisfaction, don't care what in the world you do

Got up this mornin', just about the break of day
A-huggin' the pillow where she used to lay
Got up this mornin', just about the break of day
A-huggin' the pillow where my good gal used to lay

Got up this mornin', feelin' round for my shoes (note 1)
You know, I must-a had them old walkin' blues
Got up this mornin', feelin' round for my shoes
Yeah, you know bout that, I must-a had them old walkin' blues

You know, I cried last night and all the night before
Gotta change my way a livin', so I don't have to cry no more
You know, I cried last night and all the night before
Gotta change my way a livin', you see, so I don't have to cry no more

Ah, hush, thought I heard her call my name
If it wasn't so loud and so nice and plain

Well, listen, whatever you do
This is one thing, honey, I tried to get along with you
Yes, no tellin' what you do
I done everything I could, just to try and get along with you

Well, the minutes seemed like hours, hours they seemed like days
It seemed like my good, old gal outta done stopped her low-down ways
Minutes seemed like hours, hours they seemed like days
Seems like my good, old gal outta done stopped her low-down ways

You know, love's a hard ol' fall, make you do things you don't wanna do
Love sometimes leaves you feeling sad and blue
You know, love's a hard ol' fall, make you do things you don't wanna do
Love sometimes make you feel sad and blue